Drag Queen Story Hour, where men dressed as glamourous, sexualised women are invited into schools and public libraries to read stories to children, is a new and concerning phenomenon. Dreamed up by San Franciscan Michelle Tea in 2015, it is a nationwide program in the United States, and in recent years has appeared in public … Continue reading Drag Queen Story Hour
Conversion therapy: write to your MP
The UK government is running a consultation on their proposed ban on conversion therapy. This is open to the public and closes at 11.45 on the 4th February 2022. We are very concerned about the inclusion of 'gender identity' in the proposed legislation. In response to the consultation we have written the below letter which … Continue reading Conversion therapy: write to your MP
Sexual citizenship
In September the TES published an article entitled ‘Why You Need to be Teaching Sexual Citizenship’, outlining sex and relationships advisor Jonny Hunt’s idea that children should be taught about sexual pleasure. Safe Schools Alliance objects to this proposal. Before we examine the reasons that this idea is not an unmitigated positive, here are a … Continue reading Sexual citizenship
An evening with Safe Schools Alliance
In October our spokeswomen Tanya Carter and Tracy Shaw spoke to Liberal Voice for Women, a special interest group of Liberal Democrat members and supporters, aiming to promote the interests of women and girls within the party. You can watch the event here: "Why 'Girls Only' is Important: An evening with Safe Schools Alliance UK". … Continue reading An evening with Safe Schools Alliance
The definition of lesbian
This post was written by Caroline, a young feminist lesbian working in the Violence Against Women sector, and was originally published on her blog. We have reproduced it here with her permission because we think this is an important piece which reveals how young lesbians' perceptions of themselves, their sexuality, and their right to boundaries … Continue reading The definition of lesbian
Read Tanya Carter’s speech to the LGB Alliance conference
On the 21st October our spokeswoman Tanya Carter gave a speech at the first LGB Alliance conference. She explained who we are and what motivates us. You can read her speech below. My name is Tanya Carter, I’m one of the spokeswomen for Safe Schools Alliance. The well-being of children is what drives us. The … Continue reading Read Tanya Carter’s speech to the LGB Alliance conference
Girl Guiding and Asexuality
On the 28th October Girlguiding published posts on their social media celebrating 'Ace Week' in support of their 'asexual volunteers and members'. Girlguiding specifically stated on Twitter and on Facebook that they wanted to "raise awareness and understanding of the asexual community". The inevitable implication of this is that the organisation is encouraging leaders and … Continue reading Girl Guiding and Asexuality
Conversion Therapy: our view
We welcome this legal opinion from Jeremy Hyam QC on the government’s proposed legislative ban on conversion therapy and thank Transgender Trend and Keira Bell for sharing it. We believe that children with gender dysphoria deserve appropriate and evidence-based treatment and that those young people and their families need to be free to seek it. … Continue reading Conversion Therapy: our view
Write to the EHRC: you can make a difference
On the 16th October, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) announced that it will be publishing guidance in January 2022 to clarify the law around single-sex spaces in public buildings such as schools. Baroness Kishwer Falkner, the chair of the EHRC, told the BBC’s Woman’s Hour programme that she has received many complaints from … Continue reading Write to the EHRC: you can make a difference
Statement on the harassment of Kathleen Stock
We condemn the continued targeted harassment of Dr Kathleen Stock in the strongest possible terms. We consider that this terrorising of a female professor is driven by a hatred of women and is an outright assault on democracy. We welcome the initial response from The University of Sussex. They must make clear that they will … Continue reading Statement on the harassment of Kathleen Stock